GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |